Urgent Action update: Lawmakers administrative detention renewed again in Israel/OPT
Israel renews, for the second time, the administrative detention, without charge or trial, of Palestinian Khalida Jarrar.
Urgent Action Update: Detained religious teacher faces death penalty in Sudan
A religious teacher who has a visual disability is at risk of facing the death penalty or life imprisonment in Sudan
Urgent Action good news: Liu Xia free, on her way to Berlin from China
Liu Xia was finally allowed to leave China for Germany on 10 July 2018, after almost eight years of illegal house arrest.
Urgent Action: Son of murder victim opposes execution in USA
Christopher Young is due to be executed in Texas on 17 July. The son of the murder victim supports clemency.
Urgent Action update: Imprisoned journalist goes on hunger strike in Ukraine
Stanislav Aseev, a Ukrainian freelance journalist, has decalared hunger strike.
Urgent Action: Seven people killed in Cauca, Colombia
Seven bodies, were found piled on a road of the municipality of Argelia, in the southwest region of Cauca, Colombia.
Urgent Action update: Nevada reschedules first execution since 2006
The State of Nevada is set to carry out its first execution in 12 years.
Urgent Action: Health concerns for detained Sudanese activist
The family of Husham Ali Mohamed Ali has received disturbing information that he has been injured while in detention.
Urgent Action: Lawyer jailed in Iran for defending women's rights
Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh has been held in Tehran’s Evin prison since her arrest on 13 June.
Urgent Action Update: Arbitrarily detained prisoner on hunger strike in Egypt
Ola al-Qaradawi started a hunger strike, demanding the end of her arbitrary detention and abusive prison conditions